Just when you think..
you know exactly
what God wants for your life.
He throws you a curveball.
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Yep! We’re pregnant!!
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10 weeks tomorrow to be exact. It’s been so hard not sharing the news publicly, but of course wanted to make sure everything was ok with the little babe before telling the whole world. I’ve had 3 ultrasounds so far, today being one of them (see pic above…low resolution, horrible machine, but hey, there’s a baby in there with legs & arms…crazy!). So far, everything looks great! I even bought myself a home doppler so I can listen to my baby’s heartbeat as much as I want.
Jake and I were a little beyond SHOCKED when we saw the pregnancy test showing positive (ok make that 15 tests just to be sure). As many of you know, we’ve had years of heartbreak with trying to start our family. Months and months of not being pregnant, definitely the hardest 4 years of my life thus far. Our decision to adopt was not only based on the fact that we couldn’t have biological children, but our desire to love a child who doesn’t have the opportunity to be cared for by his/her birth parents. Our hearts are very much invested in this adoption, and I have to admit, as much as we feel beyond blessed with this pregnancy, it was somewhat a bittersweet moment knowing it might jeopardize the timeline of our adoption. Many of you might be wondering if we’re still going through with the adoption now that we’re pregnant, and the answer is YES! YES YES YES! We already love our little Ethiopian baby/babies, who may not even be developing in their mother’s womb. But could this pregnancy add a little extra time onto our adoption? Yes. And that’s the sad part. But I am reminded daily that this little miracle growing inside me is a GIFT from GOD himself. He wouldn’t have given me this blessing if it wasn’t meant to be, I have faith in that. Therefore, I also believe that God has a plan for who our adopted child will be.
We found out we were pregnant just a few days after announcing we are adopting two babies from Ethiopia. As of right now, we are not making a final decision on whether or not we are going to adopt one or two. Part of me thinks “triplets” would be fun, but the more logical side of me thinks that might not be fair to our children who will need A LOT of time bonding once home from Ethiopia. We don’t want any of our children to feel like they’re not getting the attention that deserve. So we will see. We have a lot to pray about!
From here, this is the plan:
~our adoption agency wants us to contact them again in a couple months to discuss going on “hold” at a certain point in the pregnancy
~after the baby is born, our agency won’t refer us a child until our bio child is at least 6 months old (so I will be calling them on our baby’s 6 month bday Image may be NSFW.
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~when we come off “hold,” we will pick up right where we left off on the waiting list
~Once we get our referral, we will take 2 trips to Ethiopia. It takes about 8 months from the time of referral to the time they come home. Our babies will probably be very close in age.
So there you have it, quite the update! Of course, we are not out of the woods completely. Miscarriage can still happen at any point, so if you can say a quick prayer for us, we would be so grateful! If all goes well, we should be delivering a baby on or around January 11th, 2014.
Thanks again for all your love & support. We are feeling beyond blessed to see our family growing in multiple ways!!!